Hello, all! I have finally, finally finished what I've been doing for the past few months, namely writing up a new incredibly lengthy essay on the Mew trick. It essentially expands massively upon the old, slightly aimless thought on the Mew trick that I've had on the site since 2005, borrowing material from some Tumblr posts I made last year but also fleshing it all out further into a deep dive into the glitch's context, history, origins and mechanics. Plus a load of footnotes! And screenshots, and a Mew illustration just because!

With that, I also figured I'd do a little reorganization: the Mew trick essay and my glitched Jolteon essay from last September now live in their own "Essays" submenu under "Pokémon", as well as being under the "Kanto" submenu because ultimately they are also both specifically about the first-generation games. The Mew trick thought was always kind of the odd one out under "Opinions/Theories", and now that I've got two of these big illustrated deep dives, I figured it'd make sense to group them together. I'll probably be adding more things under there before long, though I think (think!) those wouldn't be quite as lengthy.

Hope you all enjoy the new essay – and if you know anything I've missed about the history there, by all means do let me know!

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